# Network connectivity

`kaal:entity:network-connectivity`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `network-connectivity`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2018 to 2019.

**2018**

- [3227933-014](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3227933-014) [mechanism/argued] -- Network connectivity is what makes blockchain records practically immutable, because it allows multiple identical copies of the ledger to exist simultaneously across the network.
  > Network connectivity is vital because it allows for multiple identical copies of the blockchain to be available simultaneously across the network. This makes it practically impossible to alter or erase information in the blockchain.
  Mark Fenwick, Wulf A. Kaal, Erik P.M. Vermeulen, Why 'Blockchain' Will Disrupt Corporate Organizations (2018). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3227933

**2019**

- [3411897-018](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-018) [mechanism/argued] -- It is the completely decentralized network connectivity via the internet, not blockchain's digital signatures, that provides the greatest protection against fraud, because connectivity puts multiple copies of the chain in the hands of all participants.
  > While blockchain's use of digital signatures helps establish the identity and authenticity of the parties involved in the transaction, it is the completely decentralized network connectivity via the internet that allows the most protection against fraud.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

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